Texas Decriminalizes Truancy
Good news from the Lone Star State
Education
Award-Winning Teacher Removed from Class for Reading Mark Twain
More incompetence from Los Angeles Unified Schools.
School Won't Let 4.3 GPA Student Give Valedictorian Speech, Made Him Take Psych Eval Instead
He tried to talk to his counselor but was accused of making a threat.
Hillary Clinton's Dangerous Student Loan Rhetoric
Bill Clinton offered a tradeoff, while Hillary Clinton may be offering a handout.
5 Things to Know About Jeb Bush's Campaign for President
Get up to speed while you wait for his official announcement to begin.
How To End Poverty in the South Bronx
Icahn charter schools are helping to change one of the poorest parts of America. Here's how.
Jail for Missed Days at School? The Madness of Truancy Laws.
The state finds ever more ways to menace you with imprisonment...for your own good.
Friday A/V Club: Vintage Metric Propaganda to Warm Lincoln Chafee's Heart
Plus an anti-metrification argument from the Whole Earth Catalog's Stewart Brand
Increasing Social Mobility Is Hard. Here's Why That's Not Changing Any Time Soon.
We shouldn't choose policies based on how they make us feel. And yet...
Nevada Residents Get Tax Dollars Back to Pay for Schools of Their Choice
The high priests of the House of Fail do not approve
Kids in Police-Run Youth Camp Allegedly Beaten, Threatened By Cops
Officer allegedly stood on hand, broke fingers
School: You Will Be Jailed for Cheering Too Loudly at Graduation
Arrest warrants were issued
Average IQ Scores Have Risen 30 Points During the Past 100 Years
Did folks back in 1900 really have IQs averaging 70 points?
Vince Vaughn Celebrates Snowden, Denounces Drug War, and Defends Guns in Schools!
True Detective star calls Edward Snowden "a hero," the drug war "fucking ridiculous," and denounces gun free school zones.
This Senior Prank Was Dumb, But Should the Students Face Felony Bomb Scare Charges?
Alarm clocks, not explosives
This is Why High School Sucks for so Many Kids: 16 Yr Old Photog Threatened by Admin for Selling Pics
Texas' Flower Mound HS opens news fronts on the war on students and on photography.
Is the Student Loan Bubble Starting to Pop?
For-profit colleges close after feds turn off easy loan spigot
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Mitch Daniels on How to Cut Government & Improve Services
The former Indiana governor and current president of Purdue University gets real about making the public sector cheaper - and better.
Classical Mythology Too Triggering for Columbia Students
Roman and Greek mythology "contains triggering and offensive material that marginalizes student identities in the classroom," students say.
This Teacher, Suffering from a Hoax Disease, Wants to Shut Off Wifi in Cali Schools
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity isn't a real thing
Ban Private Schools in the Name of the Collective Good?
Bans on private education have already been tried and rejected in the U.S.
Does Your College Really Need a Large, Foam, Third-Gender Mascot? Or Any Mascot at All?
Rutgers University is looking for more diverse mascots to represent its mediocre sports teams. Can you make the cut?
Oh, No—These Teachers Aren't Licensed! Wait, Are They Any Good?
Whether students are actually learning doesn't seem to factor in.
Tens of Thousands of New York Students Refuse Tests
Don't worry, they're "meaningless," says Governor Cuomo
Bus Driver to Eight-Year-Old: It's Too Dangerous to Read While You Ride
Reading? What do you think this is, some sort of school bus?
Bearing Witness to the Charter School Revolution
Reason Foundation's Lisa Snell and National School Choice Week President Andrew Campanella
